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Historiography

the analysis, from Trouillot, of how power creates silences at each stage of history-making, from sources and archives to narratives.

In historiography, silencing the past refers to the analysis, from Trouillot, of how power creates silences at each stage of history-making, from sources and archives to narratives. This meaning comes from Trouillot (1995) in Silencing the past.[1]

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References

Trouillot, M. (1995). Silencing the past. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807080535

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